A fully automatic and highly efficient navigator gating technique for high-resolution free-breathing acquisitions: Continuously adaptive windowing strategy

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1015-1026

  Jhooti, P ^a,b   Keegan, J ^b   Firmin, D N ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Technical research; Technique development

Indexed keywords

ACQUISITION STRATEGIES; ADAPTIVE WINDOWING; ARTIFACTS; OPERATOR DEPENDENCE; RESPIRATORY GATINGS; RESPIRATORY PATTERN; TECHNICAL RESEARCH; TECHNIQUE DEVELOPMENT;

EFFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUTOMATION; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUSLY ADAPTIVE WINDOWING STRATEGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THEORY;

EID: 77957302597     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22491     Document Type: Article

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